The latest from Paul Shapiro, Vice President, Farm Animal Protection at
The Humane Society of the United States!
If there’s an April Fool today, it’s anyone still left in the jungle fighting alone to defend battery cages. Indeed, it was another huge week for more major announcements condemning cage confinement: Meijer and SuperValu (the country’s 12th and 13th largest grocers), PepsiCo, Walgreens, Darden (which owns Olive Garden and other chains), and the supermarket chains Stater Bros. and Weis Markets all announced pledges to end their use of eggs from caged hens.
In one of many pieces lately describing what cage-free means, Vox examines this week what these new policies will accomplish.
With so much progress for egg-laying chickens, the movement’s now turning toward other chickens: those used for meat. Some of the big problems these birds face were explained by NPR this week, and you can count on more to come, especially to also help reduce the number of chickens exploited, such as HSUS’s great chef training in Washington this week.
Video of the week: Amazing story and video about fish loyalty and companionship.